Succotash Shut-In

Succotash Clips Epi164: Takin' The Reins

Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, was launched in 2011 with the idea of promoting comedy soundcasts in what was then a marketplace still trying to find its way. By featuring short clips of shows being produced by funny folks both known and unknown, we like to feel that we maybe had a little tiny, eeny weeny, itsy bitsy bit to do with helping to ignite the torch of soundcasts across the globe! (But then we've always had a rather high opinion of ourselves...)

Original show host and executive producer Marc Hershon, along with booth announcer Bill Heywatt, engineer/producer Joe Paulino, associate producer Tyson Saner, musical director Scott Carvey, and booth assistant Kenny Durgis have kept the flame alive o'er these many years. In 2018, Hershon abandoned the host chair and anointed Saner to the position, with nary a notice from the legions of listeners. Typical.

Yes, it is
I...Tyson Saner. Very grateful that you are joining me, brand new
host of this program and pale imitation of former host Marc
Hershon. It is a great honor to be entrusted with the keys
to the Succotash SoundCast Soundkingdom and I look forward
to carrying on the tradition that has been listening to and
sampling Comedy (and otherwise) Soundcasts for your own personal
variety show, between your ears, in the theater of your mind...

Today I have for you what can best be described as an average
amount of soundcast clips. Six seems to be the magic number
but it's certainly not set in stone as long-time listeners of this
program can attest to. Soundcasts to look forward to hearing clips
from include Fascination Street, Logical
Nonsense, Your Mom's House, The Stanley and
Branley Show, The Los Angeles Breakfast Club: On The
Air, and the High Content Podcast.

We also have a
double dose of comedian and raging moderate Will Durst's famed "Burst O'
Durst" segments. I am grateful that Mr. Durst has agreed to
continue supplying us with his unique take on the politics of our
times. You'll be hearing those later in the program. And if you're
in or near the San Fransisco Bay Area you will find, on the
aformentioned website, dates, locations, and tickets for Durst's
latest one-man show: Durst Case Scenario: Mid Term
Madness.

And, as
always, Succotash is sponsored by Henderson's
Pants.

As the
associate producer of this show, when I was finding clips for this
program and sending them off to Mr. Hershon I NOW realize that a
few of my contributions over the years may have stretched the
definition of "Comedy" a bit. Sometimes my decision to submit
a clip was made by it being interesting or different or having a
particular quality about them that I felt made them worthy of
inclusion on Succotash. (I always had backup ideas
for clips to submit in case my submissions couldn't be used for
whatever reason but to Mr. Hershon's great credit, my submissions
were rarely, if ever, unused.)

Now I am
completely aware that something "having a particular quality about
them" is nebulous at best and nothing if not 100% a subjective
viewpoint. Whether or not something is "interesting" or "different"
is also, pretty much 100% subjective. This, of course applies
to comedy. Maybe not 100% with comedy but very probably.

Anyway, just
something to bear in mind as we explore the highways and byways of
Soundcastland together.

THE
CLIPS

Fascination
StreetIt debuted on
iTunes on July 3rd, 2017 and it is Hosted By Steve
Owens of San Antonio, Texas. Last year, in 2017, Mr. Owens
had the good fortune to spend a great deal of time with actor and
Hollywood Legend, Clint Howard. There is a
two-part episode of Fascination Street that is with Mr.
Howard. The clip you are about to hear is from an interview that
Mr. Owens had with Clint's father, another Hollywood legend, the
Late Patriarch of the Howard family of actors and entertainers,
Rance Howard. According to Mr. Owens, this
is the last interview Mr. Rance Howard ever gave.

Logical
NonsenseHere's a
soundcast from Ontario, Canada whose 1st episode is listed on
iTunes as having been posted in October of 2017. The
description of the show on Soundcloud and iTunes is:
"Jab & Breezy take an
explicit & comedic look into popular pop culture topics that
make no sense to them. Every Tuesday without shame they will share
their experiences and opinions while dissecting the nonsense and
sharing new mind blowing facts and history that will leave you cry
laughing. Follow us to join in our weekly challenges, where J &
B compete against each other in a unique contest of wits or
might."

Your Mom's
HouseHosts Tom
Segura and Christina Pazsitsky podcast is part of the "All
Things Comedy" network which, according to Wikipedia, "is a digital
media co-operative and content creation studio and home to a
community of professional comedians. It is the brainchild of
comedians Al Madrigal and Bill Burr, founded in October 2012." I
previously grabbed a clip of their episode "403" back for
Succotash Epi 156 "Boozin' With Bill is Back" from July
29th, 2017 Sometimes they have guest for their program - which is
often streamed LIVE on YouTube - this Clip is from episode 435 in
which they do not have a guest…

The Stanley
and Branley ShowSometimes a
soundcast will have very little biographical information attatched
to their pages. The Stanley and Branley Show is one of
those soundcasts. The description for the show on both their
Soundcloud and iTunes page reads as follows: "Welcome to the worst
call-in show you never heard." So far they have 60 episodes with
several mini or bonus episodes and they've been posting on iTunes
since May of 2016. This clip is from episode 60, published
February 13th 2018, and in it Stanley and Branley listen to dating
advice from a YouTube video. If you want to hear more of these
mysterious Soundcasters you can go to the aformentioned Soundcloud
or iTunes.

The Los Angeles Breakfast Club: On The
AirIf you pay a
visit to the Los Angeles Breakfast Club
homesite, you will see the cheerful sentiment "Making Los Angeles a
better place since 1925". In case you have never heard of the
Los Angeles Breakfast Club - or the LABC for short - you can also
read the description of the club there OR listen to this epi of
Succotash, during which I will read it to you. On February
28th, 2017 the Los Angeles Breakfast Club : On The Air
soundcast debuted. As described by host Phil
Leirness in this same episode, "for many decades, The Los
Angeles Breakfast Club was a fixture on the Radio" and on the
soundcast Mr. Leirness called it a "return of sorts to the days of
yesteryear..." The show features interviews, newsreel clips, a
selection of musical interludes from throughout the near-century
the LABC has been operating and various speakers who share their
experiences and generally have a good time. Succotash's very own
former-host-turned-executive producer, Marc Hershon, began
announcing duties for this program in its 6th episode, published
July 1st, 2017.

High Content Podcast
I became aware of this show as I was looking for soundcast-related
gigs on Craigslist. I happened across an ad from someone
looking to start a soundcast who was seeking a co-host. That
someone was High Content Podcast's host, Iraj
Lopez, who dropped his first episode on Soundcloud back in
June of 2017. Since then he has released episodes
consistently, occasionally with co-host Joe
Buratti, guests such as Ariel Robinson
and comedians local to Humboldt County where this soundcast is
based, including Joshua Barnes, Jessica
Grant, and Matt Redbeard. Also
featured in the episode with Matt Redbeard was Chris
Durant, the co-creator of Savage Henry Magazine -
a well-known humor publication in Humboldt County that sponsors
many comedy events throughout the
year including a comedy festival every Labor Day weekend that had
its sixth iteration in September of 2017. The show's topics range
from pop culture, politics, science, nature and what is both
frightening and exiting about humanity. When there isn't a
co-host or guest the show features host Iraj Lopez brainstorming
ways to improve the world and various "what-if" scenarios. Our clip
is fromEpisode 27,
entitled "I want to boil a gallon of cum," posted on Feb 18th,
2018.

Well, that
about does it. It's been a sort-of-but-not-really maiden
voyage. I'd like to thank Kenny
Durgess, Will Durst, Joe Paulino,
Scott Carvey, Bill Heywatt,
Henderson's Pants and of course our Executive Producer Marc Hershon
for their support and contributions to this episode and EVERY
episode of Succotash that came before I had even heard of the
program back when Mr. Hershon started posting episodes in March of
2011.

I hope you
will continue this journey of discovery with me and I look forward
to continuing to bring you this "Whitman's Sampler" of soundcasts
from all around the world where they record in English.

For everyone
here I bid you farewell and gently remind you to please, Pass the
Succotash...